Tag Archives: Rare Diseases
Chemobrain and the Future
The cause of chemo brain is unknown and at this time there is no way to prevent it. It seems to happen more commonly with high doses of chemotherapy. But because chemo brain is usually mild and most often goes … Continue reading
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Day-to-Day ChemoBrain
Here are just a few examples of what patients call chemo brain: forgetting things that they usually have no trouble recalling– memory lapses trouble concentrating–they can’t focus on the task at hand trouble remembering details like names, dates, and sometimes … Continue reading
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Chemobrain Is Real
Research has shown that some cancer drugs can, indeed, cause changes in the brain. Imaging tests have shown that after chemotherapy, some patients have smaller brain size in the parts of the brain that deal with memory, planning, putting thoughts … Continue reading
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History of Wegener’s Granulomatosis
In 1931, Heinz Klinger of the University of Berlin first reported two patients who died having prolonged sepsis with inflammation of blood vessels scattered throughout the body. Five years later, Friedrich Wegener in Breslau described a distinct syndrome in three … Continue reading
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